Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation)
by N. Veerappan | 2018 | 57,559 words
The Sivaprakasam is a 14th century Tamil text belonging to the Shaiva-Siddhanta literature dealing with the spiritual aspects of human life, such as bondage and liberation of the individual self. The Siva-Prakasam consists of 100 stanzas (verses) spread over two parts. The first part deals with the embodied condition of the self whereas the second ...
Meaning of Advaita
The prefix, “na”/“a” in Sanskrit gives six different meanings. Three of them are important:—
(i) Absence (inmai)—just like mala and amala as well asguna and nirguna
(ii) Opposition (marudalai)—just like dharma and adharma as well as shuddha and Ashuddha
(iii) Reciprocal difference (anmai)—just like ashva [ashvam] and anashva [anashvam].
In this context, the details of different relationships of two entities as explained by Shivajnana Munivar is brought out hereunder:-